Fight over Beyoncé’s status leads to stabbing, police say

Two guys talking outside an apartment. One says Beyoncé is married to Jay-Z. The other says it’s not true. Next thing you know, the unbeliever stabs the guy.

Police in Parma, Ohio, say that’s just how it happened on New Year’s Eve to a 48-year-old Garfield Heights man who broke the news to Ronald Deaver, 31, that singer Beyoncé is taken, according to Fox8 in Cleveland:

Det. (Marty) Compton says the fight began because the victim did not know that singer Beyoncé’s husband is rapper Jay-Z.

An arrest report obtained by Fox 8 News states the alleged stabbing occurred around 11:00 p.m. on December 31, 2011, outside Deaver’s apartment on Broéadview Road.

Det. Compton says authorities were called following the stabbing and the victim was taken to a local hospital. He was later transferred to MetroHealth Medical Center where he is currently listed in good condition.

Police attempted to locate Deaver at his apartment, but according to the report, a woman in the residence, Jennifer Fornari, 31, told officers that Deaver no longer lived there.